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THE GRAPHIC COA PHOTU-LlH-LUSB: +I PARK PLE,N,Y.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BLOOMFIELD BROWER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN sPoNcE-cuPs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,620, dated January1.2, 1375; application filed October 1, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, BLooMEIELn BEoWER, of New York, in the State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Sponge-Cup,

of which the following is a specification:

The nature of my invention consists in the combination of a cap orcover, open at the front, with the sponge-cup, to prevent the spatteringofthe ink when the penis wiped or cleaned on the sponge; and, further,in the arrangement of an internal lip or projection around the top ofthe cup to confine the sponge in its proper place.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure vI represents a front view of asponge-cup embodying my invention. Fig. II is a cross-section of thesame.

A is the sponge-cup, vmade of any desired shape and size, on the top ofwhich an internally-projecting lip or ange, O, is made, running allaround the cup, and whereby the sponge S will be confined in its placein the cup A, and prevented from being pushed out or pulled out of thecup during the operation of rubbing the pen over its surface. Above thelip or projection O a cap, B, is arranged,

open on the front, to enable the sponge being inserted into and takenout of the cup whenever required, and at the same time to allow the freeinserting of the pen for the purpose of wiping or cleaning the same uponthe sponge S. This cap or covering B prevents anyr spattering of the inkduring the process of wiping the pen on the sponge, as Well as of anysuperfluity of water which may be contained in the sponge. The cup A,lip or projection O, and cap B are all made to form one continuous partwithout either one or the other part being fastened to the remainingparts.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

As a new article of manufacture, a spongecup, A, having an internal lipor projection, O, around its upper part, and a cap or cover, B, open onthe front, all made in one piece, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

' BLOOMFIELD BROWER. Witnesses:

HENRY E. ROEDER, J. B. NoNEs.

